Ah, the lira. We miss it.
What brand do you have? Are there also italian ones, like Barilla, De Cecco, Buitoni?

The only pasta I buy is organic, whole grain, pasta from Italy. These are the two brands they carry at my local health food store: Bio Naturae, and Felicetti. They are both really nice tasting pasta. I cook them al dente, however long that takes.

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We have that same Pasta in the Ronzoni brand. I was wondering why we don't have Prince pasta here, it's what I grew up with. Remember "Wednesday, Prince Spaghetti day"? Apparently Prince and Ronzoni are the same company.

Prince restructured and bought out Ronzoni.

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We pay about $1.00 for a full pound. But at least one week a month you can get pasta for as little as $.89-$.79 a pound. The imported pasta from Italy in cellophane packaging is usually always less than $1.00 a pound for any given brand.

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Mac and Cheese should be a sort of timbal of pasta and cheese, isn't it?

Mac and cheese is often made with a white sauce, melted chees in it and add to al dente cooked elbow macaroni. That is the very basic simplest way to make it. The type of cheese is the cook's option. Some add toasted bread crumbs, or tomatoes, etc.

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We pay about $1.00 for a full pound. But at least one week a month you can get pasta for as little as $.89-$.79 a pound. The imported pasta from Italy in cellophane packaging is usually always less than $1.00 a pound for any given brand.

Do you pay Barilla and other italian brands $1 for 450 gr? It's not much, considering that $1 is € 0,7 .

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Mac and cheese is often made with a white sauce, melted chees in it and add to al dente cooked elbow macaroni. That is the very basic simplest way to make it. The type of cheese is the cook's option. Some add toasted bread crumbs, or tomatoes, etc.

Bread crumbs aren't a little too much in a plate of pasta? In my family we usually use them for the soups, in place of pasta.
My mother sometimes does "4 cheese pasta", good but a little heavy. The idea is the same of Mac and chesse, but maybe a little lighter: cheese sauce and pasta.

Bread crumbs aren't a little too much in a plate of pasta? In my family we usually use them for the soups, in place of pasta.
My mother sometimes does "4 cheese pasta", good but a little heavy. The idea is the same of Mac and chesse, but maybe a little lighter: cheese sauce and pasta.

The only pasta I buy is organic, whole grain, pasta from Italy. These are the two brands they carry at my local health food store: Bio Naturae, and Felicetti. They are both really nice tasting pasta. I cook them al dente, however long that takes.

My favorite spaghetti by far is from Trader Joe's, whole grain organic pasta. It's a little over a dollar a pound. Heck it may be made by one of the companies that you mention since it is a store brand.

I wasn't crazy about whole grain pasta until I bought this, I guess that it has improved over the years.

My favorite spaghetti by far is from Trader Joe's, whole grain organic pasta. It's a little over a dollar a pound. Heck it may be made by one of the companies that you mention since it is a store brand.

I wasn't crazy about whole grain pasta until I bought this, I guess that it has improved over the years.

When the whole grains came out, the reviews were not too great. It seems that they have fixed that grainy feeling that it had. That was the main complaint. I have never tried it. Why eat healthy now? A little too late for me. I done all the healthy stuff that I am going to do.

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